362 FORENSIC SCIENCE
1 credit | Grades: 101112
This course is designed to challenge students with topics such as fingerprinting, DNA analysis, blood typing and spattering, ballistics trajectories, comparative anatomy, chemical analysis of drugs, poisons, trace evidence, and the dynamics of physics. Students will learn about the careers involved with Forensic Science and will play mock roles as experts in the field to solve crimes. They will learn teamwork in solving the mock crimes and have a chance to change their roles as the year progresses. The students will all be given the tools to interpret data and techniques involved for physical, chemical, and biological analysis of evidence. Hands-on laboratory activities will be an integral part of this course.
Prerequisite(s): Biology
Grade Scale: Academic
Credit Hours: 1
Credit Type: SC,STEM
| Unit # | Unit Title | Duration of Days |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction to Forensics | 20 |
| 2 | Crime Scene | 20 |
| 3 | Time of Death | 20 |
| 4 | Evidence | 20 |
| 5 | Processing Evidence | 20 |
| 6 | Physical Properties | 20 |
| 7 | Blood & DNA: The Silent Witnesses | 20 |
| 8 | Specialties | 20 |